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Marysville Ford’s new lot to open at Smokey Point

“If I had a dollar for every time an employee or customer has asked me when we’d be…

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Transportation bill yet to win over Monroe, Oak Harbor lawmakers

Any day now the state Senate will be voting on a plan to raise the gas tax and…

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Arlington Valley Road is back on track

ARLINGTON — A new road is being designed to better connect the city’s industrial corridor to Highway 9.

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Smokey Point transit center nears opening day

SMOKEY POINT — A complete overhaul of the transit center here is nearing completion after more than a…

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Construction is fast and furious at Smokey Point

SMOKEY POINT — Eight new apartment buildings and a senior living center are going up quickly just west…

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Super Kid: Sonny Blankenship, Weston High School

ARLINGTON — Sonny Blankenship, 18, is a senior at Weston High School, the alternative campus in Arlington. He…

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Cop, 2 others injured in collision; police dog also hurt

SMOKEY POINT — An Arlington police officer and his police dog received minor injuries in a two-car collision…

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EvCC groundskeeper made happiness his job

EVERETT — In life, there are those who love their jobs and those who don’t.

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Smokey Point on-ramp could get new signs (again)

Richard Dittenberger of Arlington wonders if the state will make changes to signage in order to make it…

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Closures leave Arlington grocery shoppers with limited options

ARLINGTON — Local shoppers and city leaders are hoping to see a couple new grocery stores come to…

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Closing sale begins for The Plant Farm at Smokey Point

SMOKEY POINT — The Plant Farm at Smokey Point announced this week that it’s closing after 20 years…

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Smokey Point playground renovated in boys’ memory

SMOKEY POINT — They remembered two little boys Tuesday with love and generosity and the joyful noise of…

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Accident sends one Stanwood man to hospital, one to jail

Smokey Point— A Stanwood man was injured early Sunday morning when the motorcycle he was riding was hit…

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Bid for new psychiatric hospital denied

The battle among providers to establish more in-patient psychiatric beds in Snohomish County is down to two players…

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Police seek witnesses in chase that led to fatal crash

ARLINGTON — Detectives want to speak with anyone who may have seen motorcycle riders trying to outrun Washington…

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Donations dry up after rest stop’s ‘free coffee’ sign comes down

SMOKEY POINT — Free coffee flows at rest stops on I-5 near Smokey Point but the stream of…

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County’s first pot shop is run by mother and son

SMOKEY POINT — Cascade Kropz, Snohomish County’s first legal marijuana shop, is a family affair.

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It’s a great time of year to fall in love with lavender

This purple flower is more than a pretty bloom.

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UW maternal clinic opens in Smokey Point

SMOKEY POINT ­­— The fast-growing community of Smokey Point is gaining a university-based medical clinic that specializes in…

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3 companies vie for mental health business

No one disputes the need for more psychiatric beds in Snohomish County.